And while a real Victorian in Bellairs’ native Marshall, Michigan served as the model for the titular residence in the book, Hutman and his team looked elsewhere for the screen version, ultimately settling upon a rambling turreted dwelling known as the Parrott-Camp-Soucy House located about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta in Newnan, Georgia. Jon Hutman, the celebrated production designer behind the memorable looks of “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday,” “It’s Complicated” and “Heathers,” was tasked with creating the movie’s wondrous, shadowed world. Set in New Zebedee, Michigan in 1955, the family flick has been described as a “starter horror movie,” with Roth drawing his fantastical inspiration from such purveyors of the macabre as Tim Burton and Guillermo del Toro. Based on John Bellairs’ 1973 young adult book of the same name, the Eli Roth-directed movie tells the story of orphan Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) who is sent to live with his eccentric Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in a mysterious mansion following the untimely death of his parents. Zimmerman and Barnavelt can be seen in the promotional material taking humorous jabs at each other, while Lewis discovers the mysteries of the house.Considering its title, the 2018 film “The House with a Clock in its Walls” would have been nothing without a fabulously spooky residence at its center. Lewis begins to learn that there's a lot more to the house than he originally thought and that his Uncle Jonathan is a well-intentioned warlock, while the neighbor Florence Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) is a powerful good witch. Hopefully the kids have the reaction that Roth is trying to get from them when the movie hits theaters.Ĭo-produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, The House with a Clock in Its Walls tells the story of ten-year-old Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro), who goes to New Zebedee, Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan Barnavelt (Jack Black) in a creaky old house which has a mysterious ticking heart.
The director also recently noted that there are no real children's horror movies out right now, which is one of the main decisions that attracted him to the project.
Eli Roth loves children's horror movies and likes to call The House with a Clock in Its Walls a "gateway horror film." The director is hoping to influence kids to get into the horror genre with his latest project and hopes that adult fans of his will show the movie to their kids.
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